Welcome Finlander, I'm so sorry about your's Dad's diagnosis.
Referred pain is common and could explain the toothache. Tumors can grow fast -- my tonsil went from invisible to 3 cm in 10 days -- but that's not necessarily correlated with aggressive spreading.
I hope you get answers and hope here!
Hugs,
Mamacita
53
T3N2aM0 HPV+
5/26/13 discovered painless superball-sized lymph node in neck
6/26/13 DX SCC R palatine tonsil
7/16/13 TORS tonsillectomy & selective ND, mets to 2 nodes
9/3/13 Cisplatin and rads begin, tolerated 1.5 of 3 planned chemo doses
10/16/13 Treatment ends
Dec 13 Ulcer appears at surgery site
Jan 17 Biopsy -- no cancer!
Feb 17 CT/PET Scan lights up tonsil bed & nasal cavity, docs say probably inflammation, don't panic, rescan when ulcer subsides
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